Translation of "jamb" into English

crowned crane (bird), to knead, macerate, grind into a liquid, triturate, to mix ingredients with the hands are the top translations of "jamb" into English.

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  • crowned crane (bird)

    jamb bi [ja:mbə]

  • to knead, macerate, grind into a liquid, triturate

    cf. jambaaje = to knead, to grind, to triturate

    Téere bii ma la bindal, nanga ko jamb ci soow, xëppoo ko bala ngay bëre ak moom.

    This talisman that I have written for you, you will knead it in curdled milk, then you will pour it on yourself before wrestling with him.

  • to mix ingredients with the hands

    Synon.: ñambaan

    Tojitu seetu ak kawaru Tubaab bu jigéen. Ñax mu tooy. Ba Yaasin indee li mu ko laajoon, Sinkun Kamara boole yépp sotti ci benn mbana, nekk fa ay fan di jamb ak a jambaat.

    A shard of a mirror and a Tubaab woman's hair. Wet grass. When Yasin brought what he had asked for, Sinkun Kamara poured them all together into a big pot and for a few days he kept mixing them there again and again.

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